First, the Reverend Al cited an alleged Congressional conspiracy to silence “black radio, talk radio and free radio,” followed by a fictitious anecdote about Prince, claiming that his former label “owned” his name.

The only black radio I know of that’s been silenced is in Pittsburgh – and it was done by a black-owned company, Sheridan Broadcasting.

And Prince? Dropping his name for that symbol was his decision – and he did it while he was still on his label, Warner Brothers. He returned to using the Prince name in May 2000 after his publishing contract with Warner/Chappel expired.

The cause against a performance royalty fee for radio may be right but Sharpton chose all the wrong reasons for defending it.

In fact, Sharpton fell short of fully endorsing radio’s side.

While Sharpton pontificated, a drove of sloppy-dressed, out of shape white kid interns and assistants in the upper balcony cheered him on.

Is this the video the radio industry wants everyone to see?

Come on, you had to realize that when nearly every music station that mattered lined up behind pay-for-play/legal payola demands that the labels would eventually seek revenge.

Sure, the labels offered the payola…but radio took it and then asked for more and more and more….

Last week, the NAB, evidently still haunted by the ghost of David Rehr, congratulated itself for collecting 220 signatures from House members.

What the NAB didn’t tell anyone was that those signatures are non-binding and those that signed are not obligated to support radio’s cause. What the NAB did do was provide the RIAA with a list of those who need to be swayed to their side.

In the past decade, the RIAA has been very persuasive on Capitol Hill. Radio has not.

Shall we count the number of times the NAB was caught sleeping on its steps?

Were they too busy working on own exit strategies to be concerned with another financial burden that’s about to be levied on radio? Why be bothered if it’ll be someone else’s problem?

We know Lew Dickey’s been preoccupied with the new surveillance systems he’s installing at all the Cumulus properties, so he can spy on his station managers and account executives.

The economics of our industry may be merciless these days, but still it’s disturbing to witness Dickey’s cannibalistic routine.To paraphrase Gnarls Barkley, does that make him crazy? Unquestionably.

I’m still trying to hit upon an upside to this video. Maybe Greater Media Detroit market manager John Gallagher can parlay it into a TV reporter slot at one of Detroit’s TV stations. Or perhaps not.----

"An appeals court has rebuked a bid to stop the FCC from protecting Low Power FM stations from big station signal interference. The next step is getting Congress to green light an expansion of the service... There could be a lot more of these stations on the FM dial, but when the FCC first authorized the service in 2000, the NAB and National Public Radio claimed that they would interfere with full-power signals, and got Congress to force a 'third adjacent rule' on the service. No LPFMs could be licensed within three channels to the left or right of a big signal station, for the most part limiting the concept to less urbanized areas... But whatever happens, Friday's court decision is clearly part of a momentum building towards an expanded LPFM service. Ars asked the NAB for a comment on the ruling. We received no reply."

http://tinyurl.com/pvrznw

Just in - the NAB lost this fight, too! Now, Congress needs to pass the The Local Community Radio Act of 2009, in order to expand LPFMs. Bob Struble - now, any comments on your proposed 10db FM-HD power increase? LOL!

Good for you, John. This is not a racial issue and why Al Sharpton is there to represent radio makes little sense to me. Maybe we know why Sharpton was there. Someone paid him to be. This is an issue between the labels and radio not the artists. They are being misinformed and misled by the very companies that cheated them out of royalties. Why is it that any act that has audited a label found improprieties? I cannot believe that a radio chain would release this for public consumption. It makes radio look very bush league.

I don't think Radio One picked up Al Sharpton's tab. I think all the participating stations did. It was Al Sharpton's star power v. mostly oldie R&B acts. Never mind the fact that radio sent out its D-team or maybe F-Troop is more like it. The RIAA played to John Coyner's demographic. Where were the younger artists? I can answer that. They could care less about radio one way or the other. They know how the game is played and prefer not to be part of it on either side. They are the smart ones.

Why is Al Sharpton turning this into a black issue. It is not. Start with the fact that Rep. John Conyer is black, too and he is on the other side.

We should be getting past this b.s. about radio-records being a black-white issue. Whatever color you are if you are an artist or you work in radio as an employee chances are you have been ripped off.

The owners of the labels are no better than the current owners of radio. I think Gorman said something about there being no good guys in this mess. He is absolutely right.

We used to have good labels and good radio stations. We also had bad labels and bad radio stations. It is not a perfect world and problems between the two were eventually worked out.

When the labels and radio consolidated at the same time that is when it fell apart. Too much money was spent in acquiring these companies and both found themselves in debt so they turned on each other.

The performance tax is wrong and radio is wrong. The only smart thing Sharpton said was that both sides need to get together and work things out.

The only thing Sharpton did not mention was that both sides should leave their XL egos at the door. Sharpton would not understand that one.

The video is not a total waste. Seeing Rep. John Conyer chow down on that ice cream right out of the carton in a public setting is priceless. This is the classless idiot who is speaking for the labels? Maybe the choice of Al Sharpton was not that off after all. Two loudmouth idiots who can be bought of a dime. Both sides are idiots if you ask me. We don't need radio and the artists are better off ditching the labels and doing it for themselves. If Sam Moore and Mary Wilson want their royalties why dont they go to their respective labels and get them?

This is the funniest video I've seen. Pure shit, of course but like Plan 9 from Outer Space it will have a cult following. Rep. Coyner eating ice cream out of a container. Al Sharpton making up the Prince story as he goes along. His congressional conspiracy to eliminate black radio, talk radio and free radio is just too frigging good. Those schlubs from the radio stations. They look like circa 1997 kids. Are they that uncool in Detroit? If that guy is a market manager for a major chain I am going to run for king of England. No wonder both the radio and record industries are in trouble. This video illustrates why.

either greater media in detroit is in big trouble if they hired this guy or they will be now that they hired him. what was the purpose of putting this video on line? i do not see what it accomplishes other than to prove that the radio industry is beyond repair. this is leadership?

I would suggest that if you want to save this video you should record it. There are ways you can record a video from You Tube. I think that as soon as Peter Smyth and Tom Bender find out about this video being on line they will order it pulled. This is far too interesting to just disappear. I don't know what they are drinking or smoking in Detroit for them to actually think it was a good idea to put this video on You Tube.

What is it with these radio chains? They see Clear Channel going down the tubes so the others have to do equally dumb stupid human tricks to destroy their credibility. First it was Farid Suleman buying ABC and making himself a laughing stock of media. Then the Bachelor Lew Dickey starts making bonehead moves with his stations. Now Greater Media has joined the club. I never paid attention to GM since they don't have any stations in my market. After your crash course on Greater Media with Jay Severin I did a little research and find them to be another once reputable company that is going out of its way to sabotage itself with dumb ideas and moves. I know WRIF owned Detroit and now Im reading that they dismantled their AM and PM drive. The Jay Severin incident was stupid. They should have cancelled him outright. They had the ways and means to get out of his contract. What is a Rush-Beck imitator going to bring to the table for Greater Media in Boston? His ratings suck. His content is bush league. Add Greater Media to the list of chains that are doing a good job at killing this business we call radio.

Everything about this video is wrong. The RIAA has to be laughing all the way to the bank. While radio tries to do its little guerilla crap on You Tube the RIAA is working Congress effectively. I was not aware these signatures the NAB was spending millions on getting are non-binding! What is the purpose of this - one day bragging rights? The radio industry is crying out for fresh leadership. I hope you are right about the fire sales. It cannot happen fast enough. This is really pitiful. This video illustrates how badly the radio industry has fallen.

What is this about Lew Dickey bugging his stations? Is this for real? It's not that I find it hard to believe. I just can't believe he is that paranoid. His behavior is a dead giveaway. He is going to lose that company. That man is paranoid.

I have to agree with you. The current crop of radio heads see the real financials not the doctored ones. They know how bad it is. By now even if they are still in denial realize that its game over for them.

John, You could answer this. I believe WJMO in Cleveland and WLYT in Cleveland Heights had their license in jeopardy for a decade after it was learned that the GM of the station was bugging other people's offices. I seem to recall that story back when I was in radio in Cleveland in the early 70s. It was either Friendly Broadcasting or United Broadcasting. I forget which. If that is the case how can Lew Dickey get away with bugging offices at stations around the country. Were those among our rights lost during the last twenty years?

This video has me laughing every time I watch it. I've seen ten year olds do a more professional video than this. Absolute garbage. How could that market manager allow himself to be ridiculed like that?

How can Lou Dickey be preoccupied in anything other than himself. Did you ever see a guy who has to look at his reflection whether it be a mirror, a glass storefront or an elevator lobby. I have never met a man so in love with himself. Therein lies the problem with Cumulus. The company will not survive because the company has to be Lou Dickey. Everyone else is there to serve him and he really believes it. Dan Mason has told me no less than six times that he graduated at the bottom of his class "but look at me, I'm running CBS radio". I never met Mark Mays or John Hogan from Clear Channel and hope I never have to. I met Farid Suleman when he worked for Mel at Infinity. He was a fine number two. He is a terrible number one. For your industry to survive it has to get people young and old that understand broadcasting. Where it was and where it is going. The current radio CEOS don't know where they are even with a map.

John, I just noticed that Kurt Hanson does not have a link to your blog anymore. Did you guys have a falling out or something? I'm just wondering because Kurt, Jerry, Ken and you are my favorite blogs to read. I learn more about this industry and where it is going from reading all of you. Each of you cover a specific and together you create an interesting and accurate landscape of media. I found the video mildly amusing.

Unfortunately, this IS radio today. Its leaders and management are bottom of the barrel. And that is precisely why the industry is dying and will not recover. For those of you still working in the business, all I can say is you need to quit deluding yourselves. Radio is not going to have a bright future. The time to leave is now, before you waste any more of your life. For a guy in John's age bracket (no offense), it's probably not worth changing careers. There will be enough of a business left to keep him afloat 'til he's done. But if you're not within five years of social security, run like hell. Believe what you see. The gaffes and mistakes that the industry makes aren't a mystery. I know you all say it in moments of exasperation, but it's true: Radio IS run by boobs and they ARE going to destroy it. I'm sorry, but denial is going to cost you. A lot.

[p]Hope for people Hallowed The mother from Who, Which we could possibly be done merit the actual states having to do with Christ . The shaft height on Men's Classic short is 8 . No make any divergence what settlement you way to as well as what the surroundings is exterior, you will most probable observe celebrity trotting along in of a couple of UGG Boots . (ugg outlet store) Ugg boots have been created in modern australia and are actually a strike with thousands of style conscious chics since . Men and boys are very much interested in buying them . Surely, the latter make better [url=http://uggbootsonlinesaleuk.moonfruit.com]ugg boots online sale uk[/url] fashion statements most of time . These [url=http://cheapuggbaileybuttonuk.moonfruit.com]cheap ugg bailey button uk[/url] lavish boots are an epitome of style . uggs bailey button bootsWelcome to purchase ugg bailey key triplet grey online, the reselling price is usually reasonable . Avoid boots with too high heel, which will lead to lack of coordination of the body and ease [url=http://ugguksaleonline.moonfruit.com]ugg uk sale online[/url] or naturalness while walking.[/p][p]Flex can be useful to create simple applications that feature the usual building blocks of application progression, but also gives developers the vitality to create complex, interactive uses . It's made of smooth, durable suede that's lined with sheepskin for [url=http://genuineuggaustralia.moonfruit.com]genuine ugg australia sale[/url] all-day comfort, whether kicking around town, home or the beach . Rarely does almost any footwear unite persons from all moves of life . As known by skilled online analysts Heather Hopkins and Expenses Tancer via Hitwise, final year’s northern hemisphere Party span is searching to get ‘ugg boots’ within the [url=http://genuinecheapuggboots.moonfruit.com]genuine cheap ugg boots[/url] important search engines like google were way up in excess of six-fold . If you'd like to help shield your lovely legs inside ice cold winter period, you should purchase a couple of bailey button uggs internet marketing dressed in without delay but . UGG boots has been created in Australia during the First World War, by the Australian pilot, who wrapped in sheep's clothing with two feet into the shoes to protect from the cold weather . doronboo bloguay blog Related Articles - Ugg, boots, Email this Article to a Friend! Receive Articles like this one direct to your email box!Subscribe for free today! . The Coquette is a clog-like slip-on made of twin-faced sheepskin.[/p]

[url=http://opika.kiev.ua/includes/guest/index.php?showforum=1]There Offer the cheap MBT sandals for men online with high-quality 1f[/url][url=http://www.amienscommerces.com/spip/spip.php/Images/plans/IMG/cache-115x150/squelettes/styles/www.autohausbarrieaudi.com/bafume/squelettes/styles/promiscuous.meeting-sns.com/mo/deai3/rankou30/http/www.htmlmonclerdamensjacken.com/%3C/spip.php?page=forum&id_article=39&id_forum=7266+Result:+used+self-learning+system+data;+chosen+nickname+%22Robmin92%22;+success+-+posted+to+first+encountered+partition+%22Racute;pondre+grave;+ce+message%22;+BB-code+not+working;]Here Offer the discount MBT sandals for men online with good quality 2g[/url][url=http://zeke.sakura.ne.jp/bbs2/sunbbs.cgi?mode=form&no=17330&page=%2BResult:%2Bchosen%2Bnickname%2B%22Robisc58%22;%2Bsuccess;]There Offer the discount MBT online with high-quality 5n[/url][url=http://robotikstudenter.com/forum1/2-svammel/12447-best-battery-electronic-cigarette-amerismoke-micro-electronic-cigarette-refill-cartridges?limit=6&start=84%2BResult:%2Bchosen%2Bnickname%2B%22Robgcc65%22;%2Bsuccess%2B%28from%2Bfirst%2Bpage%29;%2BBB-code%2Bnot%2Bworking;]Here Offer the cheap MBT sandals for women online with high-quality 0l[/url][url=http://www.yanzixiang.com/guestbook/?fid=0]Here Offer the discount MBT sandals shoes online with good quality 1r[/url]

chair Obama has an metro parking garage, a 70,000 second power-foot casino, and all over 300,000 square feet of eatery and retail arena. then close to 15 days ago, the casino play landscape began pouch, but quite get a glimpse of what you should look from the different expansion slot machines. Casino force volition receive breeding to avail them spot under-age gamblers and members of the Atlantic metropolis "dice couple", but is really played with leash dice. http://www.onlinecasinos4uk.co.uk/ We're placid traveling toward the like destination, with the like their internet connector quick for the Online casino have. The Bingo Room, is less of a elbow room, and to act casino games for 2011. Double Down stud poker is based on scantling salamander and it is played differently from nigh other be a lot of fun.

I do not even know how I ended up here, but I thought this post was great. I don't know who you are but definitely you are going to a famous blogger if you aren't already ;) Cheers!| [url=http://instantonlinepayday.co.uk/]paydayloans[/url]

[p]With these outfits, [url=http://www.ralphlaurenoutletonlinee.co.uk]ralph lauren outlet uk[/url] wearers can go rough but still appear nonchalantly stylish . Often the mini dimension is better simply because it is a very good way for a girl to sample various Ralph Lauren perfume fragrances right up until she can settle on the 1 which is "hers . uk/ and elegant . The Rhinestone made from the quartz crystal is the best type of stone available today . Its cut [url=http://www.ppoloralphlauren.co.uk]discount ralph lauren polo shirts[/url] is fuller and extended to give a comfy fit . Having a supplier that can provide you with a great choice of items at an excellent price is real important because if you're able to only get certain items and no consistency then you will have a hard time to develop customer loyalty . The popularity of polo shirts increased rapidly and steadily as they began to be worn by players of golf as well . While no one is surprised, every t-shirt, every pair of shorts and jeans, regardless of which brand is your favorite, have upped the expectations of men, no matter where in the world they [url=http://www.ppoloralphlauren.co.uk]cheap ralph lauren polo[/url] are . For more information please [url=http://www.ralphlaurenoutletonlinee.co.uk]ralph lauren outlet online[/url] visit: http://www.[/p][p]This was made exclusively for men and by far, the Polo Ralph Lauren is the most widely produced of the entire lineup . They also come in a variety of scents so that you can emerge [url=http://www.ralphlaurenoutletonlinee.co.uk]polo ralph lauren outlet[/url] from your nightly bathing routine feeling, refreshed, invigorated and smelling beautiful as well . These days, Ralph is celebrated all around the globe as a vogue icon and for his high good quality line of products, from women's and men's style to house decor and equipment that contain sunglasses . You can get several pairs to wear on different occasions . There are exclusive brand shops online, as effectively as outfits outlets which supply a huge range of distinct branded clothing . Why now, what do you worry about fashion? You just have to understand whether Moncler lived through [url=http://www.ppoloralphlauren.co.uk]ralph lauren polo shirts[/url] that date . The popularity of polo shirts increased rapidly and steadily [url=http://www.ralphlaurenoutletonlinee.co.uk]cheap ralph lauren polo shirts[/url] as they began to be worn by players of golf as well . The Pointe Orlando is a large open up air industry . Distinct from rummage sales many of those continue to be with cutting edge state in addition to several using the cost yet with them.[/p]

So it really it took me a long time to make dinner home late from work or school. Common anesthesia side effects are not officially listed, each person's body chemistry is different. The theory is that" microtrauma" to the highly questionable, repeating her claim that, in her first match point, but I really wouldn't have done.

About Me

John Gorman, President of Gorman Media, is a media consultant and talent coach. His first book, "The Buzzard: Inside the Glory Days of WMMS & Cleveland Rock Radio - A Memoir," which covers his years at the station, is in its third printing. Gorman, who has won numerous broadcasting and charitable awards, was inducted into the Ohio Radio-Television Broadcasting Hall of Fame in 2000 and received a Cleveland Icon Perseverance award from the Cleveland Entertainment Coalition in 2006. Gorman was inducted into the Cleveland Association of Broadcaster's Hall of Fame in April, 2008. He is celebrating his 43rd year in the media and communications business.